R. Ganesan : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name R. Ganesan contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
          

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Sivakasi

LOST against Rajenthrabhalaji K T

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rajenthrabhalaji K T	ADMK	76,734
Sreeraja C	INC	61,986
Sudhakaran R	DMDK	17,379
Parrathashaarathi A G	BJP	6,189
Babu T	NTK	3,245
None Of The Above	NOTA	2,704
Thilagabama M	PMK	1,350
Thaneswaran S	IND	1,235
Maharajan V	AIFB	981
Ponraj S	IND	599
Uthirakumar M	MMKA	572
Manmathan M	IND	425
Thangaraj S	IND	323
Vairamuthu K S	SHS	306
Sathyaraj P	IND	238
Jeevanantham G	RPI	195
Ganesan R	IND	175
Lingam S	IND	168
Srinivasan A	JKNPP	137
Rajamurugan K H	IND	132
Thiyagaraja Alias Yoga Nadar P I D	IND	124
Radhakrishnan V	IND	114
Selvam K P	IND	106
Saravanaraj T	TAVK	104
Muthuramalingam G	IND	94
Madhavan P	IND	87

2006 for Vidhan Sabha from Tindivanam

LOST against Shanmugam. C.Ve.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shanmugam. C.Ve.	ADMK	55,856
Karunanithi. M	PMK	53,648
Lakshmanan. K	DMDK	4,364
Manickam K	IND	2,102
Thanasekaran S	IND	827
Sekar Nayakar. I.M	BJP	674
Ganesan R	IND	432
Iniyadhayalan. G	IND	332
Steephan Raj. S	BSP	237
Subramaniyan E	IND	158
Sathiyamoorthy A	IND	105

2004 for Lok Sabha from Tirunelveli

LOST against Dhanuskodi Athithan R.

with 32% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dhanuskodi Athithan R.	INC	370,127
Amirtha Ganesan R.	ADMK	203,052
Appavu. M	JD(U)	39,333
Sridhar Babu. C	IND	5,774
Kasipandian. T	BSP	3,606
Thirumalai Nambi. K	IND	1,904
Shanmuganathan K.G.	IND	1,650
Muthukumar A.	IND	1,518
Suresh. S	JP	1,505
Chinnadurai. G	IND	1,386
Sulaiman Sait Alim. A	IND	1,355
Kalyana Suntharam. A	IND	968
Ari Puthiran A.	IND	820
Rajagopalan N.	IND	784

1999 for Lok Sabha from Madras Central

LOST against Murasoli Maran

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Murasoli Maran	DMK	364,565
Abdul Latheef M.	ADMK	227,616
Janaki Ammal R. (Tmt)	PT	5,046
Loganathan V.G.	IND	3,815
Ranganathan S.	IND	3,561
Dominic Savio M.	IND	2,613
Sudarson M.S.	SPSP	2,200
Subbu A.P.S.	NCP	1,814
Santhosh Kumar Dr.N.	IND	1,620
Ambeth Venkatesh B.	IND	887
Balasami	AJBP	813
Anavarathan A.	IND	778
Rajasheakar S.	DTMK	567
Arumugam A.	IND	500
Ganesan R.	IND	428
Asan Meeran M.	IND	419
Arumugam J.	IND	350
Ramachanthiran S.	IND	308

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Tiruchendur

LOST against S. Jennifer Chandran

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
S. Jennifer Chandran	DMK	59,206
T. Thamotharan	ADMK	28,175
A.N. Rajakkannan	BJP	6,967
D. Ramachandran	MDMK	3,961
M. Arikrishna Devendrar	PMK	348
R. Ganesan Asari	IND	188
S. Kuttalingam	IND	160
S.K. Syed Ibrahim	IND	95
C. Vallinayagam	IND	66
M.C. Susainathan	IND	63
Mariappan	IND	61
Deraviam	IND	60
R. Gnanakaraimuthu	IND	58
S.P. Velu Pillai	IND	51
N. Iruthayaraj	IND	48
T. Manickavasagam	IND	46
A. Sudhagar	IND	45
D. Damotharan	IND	38
S.M. Suyambu	IND	37
D. Edward	IND	35
T. Senthamilselvan	IND	34
V. Kumarasamy Athithan	IND	34
P. Ramasamy Nadar	IND	32
P. Murugesan	IND	31
T. Muthu	IND	30
R. Sivananainthaperumal	IND	27
R. Chitravel Nadar	IND	23
A.V.P. Mohanasundaram	IND	20
R. Sivarama Subramaniam	IND	17
P. Subramanian	IND	17

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Andipatti

LOST against Aasiyan P.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Aasiyan P.	DMK	50,736
Muthiah A.	ADMK	37,035
Sekar @ Balasundaram	MDMK	17,521
Vadivelravanan	PMK	5,299
Ganesan R.	BJP	1,618
Ramasamy K.	IND	314
Servaikarathevar K.	IND	106
Thirumoorthy A.V.P.	IND	104
Chinnamuniyandi K.	IND	100
Ravindran G.	IND	89
Malairajan G.	IND	44
Velraj S.	IND	34

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Vedasandur

LOST against S.V. Krishnan

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
S.V. Krishnan	DMK	60,639
S. Gandhirajan	ADMK	39,870
V.P. Balasubramanian	MDMK	33,802
H.R.S. Muthukrishnan	BJP	733
M. Kaleel Rahman	IND	498
S. Thandapani	IND	342
A. Chandrasekar	IND	299
S. Manoharan	CPI(ML)(L)	239
R. Mariyappan	IND	228
P. Sivasubramani @ Dalit Siva	IND	197
P. Palanichamy	IND	180
M. Perumal	IND	148
V.S. Kaliappan	IND	138
K. Thangaraj	IND	121
P. Murugan	IND	91
R. Ganesan	IND	81
K. Venkatesh	IND	73
P. Arumugam Yadav	IND	65
T. Periyasamy Pillai	IND	62
S. Veeran	IND	57

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Jayankondam

LOST against Chinnappan K. K.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chinnappan K. K.	INC	49,406
Durairaju S.	PMK	33,238
Ganesan K. C.	DMK	26,801
Ganesan K. R.	TMM	569
Annan T. K.	IND	431
Nehruji V. N.	IND	112

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Samayanallur

LOST against Kalirajan M.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kalirajan M.	ADMK	93,161
Soundrapandian N.	DMK	37,705
Sarvathikari S.	PMK	734
Lakshmiperiyasamy A.	IND	263
Perumal P.	TMM	252
Karuppan R.	AMI	251
Raguparan R.	IND	145
Rakkan N.	IND	127
Arasan Alias Boominathan K. P.	IND	118
Selvam K.	IND	96
Thiagarajan I.	IND	79
Vellaiyan K.	IND	68
Ganesan R.	IND	67
Pandi V. C.	IND	60

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Andhiyur

LOST against Perisamy V.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Perisamy V.	ADK(JL)	26,702
Ramasamy K.	DMK	24,740
Chidambaram V.	INC	8,199
Mathaiyam U.P.	ADK(JR)	8,071
Ganesan R.	IFT	746
Madesh D.	IND	701
Guruswamy P.	IND	606
Subramanian.S	IND	523
Gurusamy R.	IND	416
Karuppanan S.K.	IND	261
Perimal S.C.	IND	217
Krishnan S.R.	IND	197
Poornaselvarani S	IND	149
Veeran M.M	IND	46